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    Dry fractionation of palm oil has traditionally produced a liquid olein and solid stearin fraction. MPOB has developed two modified fractionation processes that lead to increased olein yields through reducing olein entrapment in stearin crystals. The modified processes produce a more uniform crystal size distribution skewed toward larger sizes, easing filtration. A plant trial of one modified process for refining bleached, deodorized palm oil increased olein yield by 4-5% and resulted in slightly larger but more homogeneous crystal sizes, demonstrating "forced" Ostwald ripening at scale. The increased olein yield is due to less entrapment of olein in stearin crystals, as evidenced by unchanged olein properties

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    Dry fractionation of palm oil has traditionally produced a liquid olein and solid stearin fraction. MPOB has developed two modified fractionation processes that lead to increased olein yields through reducing olein entrapment in stearin crystals. The modified processes produce a more uniform crystal size distribution skewed toward larger sizes, easing filtration. A plant trial of one modified process for refining bleached, deodorized palm oil increased olein yield by 4-5% and resulted in slightly larger but more homogeneous crystal sizes, demonstrating "forced" Ostwald ripening at scale. The increased olein yield is due to less entrapment of olein in stearin crystals, as evidenced by unchanged olein properties

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    Palm Oil Fractionation

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    Chiew Let Chong
    Dry fractionation of palm oil has traditionally produced a liquid olein and solid stearin fraction. MPOB has developed two modified fractionation processes that lead to increased olein yields through reducing olein entrapment in stearin crystals. The modified processes produce a more uniform crystal size distribution skewed toward larger sizes, easing filtration. A plant trial of one modified process for refining bleached, deodorized palm oil increased olein yield by 4-5% and resulted in slightly larger but more homogeneous crystal sizes, demonstrating "forced" Ostwald ripening at scale. The increased olein yield is due to less entrapment of olein in stearin crystals, as evidenced by unchanged olein properties

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    MPOB Modified Fractionation Process for Increased Olein Yield during Dry

    Fractionation of Palm Oil




    Chong Chiew Let* and Yeoh Chee Beng*

    Malaysian Palm Oil Board
    ABSTRACT
    Dry fractionation of palm oil has been carried out by palm oil refinery over the last fifty
    years. As palm oil is a semi-solid oil at ambient temperatures, it can be easily
    fractionated to produce a liquid oil and a solid fat for liquid oil and solid fat applications
    respectively. However, palm oil crystallization is a complex process which till date has
    not been fully understood. Improvements in dry fraction over the years have been mainly
    on the equipment side. Tremendous progress have been made in terms of crystallizer
    designer and liquid and solid oil separation, the latest being the use of a 30ton pressure
    membrane filter press. Work in the Malaysian Palm Oil Board on palm oil crystallization
    has enabled MPOB to develop two modified fractionation programs for RBD Palm Oil
    and CPO dry fractionation. These modified process programs, when applied to the dry
    fractionation process, will lead to increases in olein yields through a reduction in olein
    entrainment. The process will result in a more uniform crystal size distribution in the
    slurry which is skewed to the higher end of the particle size scale. This will help to ease
    filtration of the slurry. Results of a plant trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the program
    for RBD palm oil fractionation showed an increase in olein yield of 4-5% for the process
    conditions used in the trial refinery for the production of a low cloud point olein. In line
    with theoretical expectations, a forced Ostwald ripening of the crystals was observed
    to occur at plant scale, resulting in a more homogeneous but slightly larger observed
    average crystal size. The increase in olein yield is due to less olein entrained in the
    stearin crystals as evidenced by the unchanged physical characteristics of the oleins,
    despite the increase in yield.


    Keywords: dry fractionation, palm oil, increased olein yield, olein entrainment




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    *Analytical and Quality Development Unit (AQD),
    Product Development and Advisory Services Division,
    Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB),
    P.O.Box 10620,
    50670 Kuala Lumpur.

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